Warner brought up his ton from just 82 deliveries, the fourth fastest by an Australian and the quickest ever at the SCG.

The Australia opener, who was named man of the match, eventually finished 122 not out, as the home side concluded their first innings on 2 for 176 after day three and four were completely lost to rain.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann said he had been hopeful of pushing for a result on the final day, although West Indies chose to adopt a more conservative approach.

"At the end of the day we can only give teams options and if that is how they want to play that's their choice," he said.

"From our point of view I think it would have be a great experience, even for the young West Indian side to actually defend a total that we had to chase and we would have gone the whole hog.

"So it would have been an exciting day but that's what happens in Test match cricket. It's never easy to get a result when you have two and half days washed out. So that's the way it is."

Australia won the series 2-0 following its victories in Hobart and Melbourne, while Adam Voges was awarded the Richie Benaud Medal for man of the series courtesy of his double century in the opening Test at Bellerive and his century that followed at the MCG.

The series victory, which saw Australia retain the Frank Worrell Trophy, added to the 2-0 result Australia achieved earlier in the summer against New Zealand.